Placeo

Latin-English

plăc|ĕō, -ēre, -ŭī, -ĭtum. (ˈpla.tʃe.o) v. intrans.

1. To be pleasing, satisfying, or acceptable to.
2. impers. | To be settled, agreed, or decided; to be of an opinion.

Loci

• αʹ Petronius, Satyricon 109:

In haec verba foederibus compositis arma deponimus, et ne residua in animis etiam post iusiurandum ira remaneret, praeterita aboleri osculis placet.

After we made our agreements in those words we laid down our weapons and lest, even after swearing, any leftover anger might remain in our hearts, we decided the past should be blotted out with kisses.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 12.5a:

Etsi quod magis placeat, ego quantum aspicio, non facile inveneris.

And if you're looking for something more acceptable—as far as I can see, you won't easily find it.

• γʹ Cicero, Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1:

Romam cum venissem a. d. XIII. Kal. Octobres, absolutum offendi in aedibus tuis tectum, quod supra conclavia non placuerat tibi esse multorum fastigiorum: id nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus.

When I got to Rome on September 19, I found that the roof of your house—above the rooms, where you didn't want there to be so many gables—had been finished; it now slopes handsomely down to the roof of the lower colonnade.